Tuesday, March 11, 2014

What three quotes in the poem "The Wanderer" that show isolation?

The poem "The Wanderer" is filled with imagery that
depicts the isolation that the Wanderer feels as he traverses the sea looking for
friendship.


In the very first line, it becomes known that
the wanderer is, in fact, alone.


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Often the solitary one finds grace for
himself.



This is, by far, the
most obvious quote from the poem which speaks to the fact that the Wanderer is
alone.


Another quote which speaks of solitude
is



Often I had
alone to speak of my trouble each morning before
dawn.



This quote speaks to
the fact that it is a very regular happening that the speaker finds himself alone with
his thoughts. There is no one around "with whom I dare clearly speak of my innermost
thoughts" shows that all of the people with whom the wanderer trusted are gone. Again,
this shows his solitude.


One last quote that speaks to the
solitude the wanderer feels is


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Then the friendless man wakes up
again.



Again, readers can see
that there is no one with whom the Wanderer can speak
with.


As a side note, there are many references to
"fallow", "decay", and emptiness. All of these add to the fact that the Wanderer simply
has no one.

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